Focus session · data work · 45 min
A 45-minute block for data work, with distant thunder, when you need to stop thinking about work
A single 45-minute block for data work — checking as you go.
45:00
Press start. The timer keeps time so you do not have to look at a clock.
Let your belly be soft. Not sucked in. Just soft. Work thoughts are allowed to be there. They just do not get to drive. This is a short one, so let's use the time properly.
1 Before you start
- Clear the surface in front of you down to the thing you are working on.
- Decide that today's session does not have to be good. It has to happen.
- Close the door, or put headphones on, whichever signals "working" to the people around you.
- Promise yourself you will not check anything until the timer ends, including "just quickly".
- Get water now, so you do not have to get up in fifteen minutes.
2 While the timer runs
- If nothing is working, write badly on purpose for two minutes.
- If you feel the urge to check something, write it on the paper beside you and keep going. Deal with the list afterwards.
- If you start tidying your desk, that is avoidance. Sit back down.
- If your attention keeps sliding, shorten the next block rather than abandoning this one.
3 When it ends
- Write down the question you could not answer, so it has somewhere to live.
- Decide whether the next block is the same task or a different one. Do not drift into it.
- Roll your shoulders and your neck before the next block.
4What to put on
distant thunder — Low rumbles with long gaps. Suits people who find sudden noises more distracting than constant ones.
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